PEOPLE
The group in Autumn 2018
There are currently twenty-nine members of the group: seven postdocs, seventeen PhD students, four Part III students and one member of support staff.
Lab telephone number: +44 (0)1223 336364
View information of former group members.
Postdocs:
Manuel works on the application of photoredox catalysis in biological systems.
John currently works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of alkylamines.
Yuki's research involves using high throughput experimentation for novel reaction dvelopment.
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Dr John Chu
ckc30[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Colorado State University, 2017
Advisor: Prof.Tomislav Rovis
Dr Yuki Amaoka
ya298[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Tokyo, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Masayuki Inoue
Dr Manuel Nappi
mn451[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, ICIQ, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Paolo Melchiorre
Ala was previously a postdoc in the Hartwig Group at UC, Berkeley. She works on photoredox catalysis.
Roopender works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of amines.
Elena works in collaboration with AstraZeneca, researching novel methods for covalent inhibition.
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Dr Ala Bunescu
ab2517[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, EPFL, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Jieping Zhu
Dr Roopender Kumar
rk596[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Zurich, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Cristina Nevado
Dr M. Elena de Orbe
med59[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, ICIQ, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Antonio Echavarren
Abi's research focuses on combining high throughput synthesis and machine learning.
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Dr Abigail Mountford
am2833[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Chris Willis
Fourth Year PhD Students:
Will's research focuses on novel reaction manifolds in palladium catalyzed C-H activation.
Keishi works on photochemical methods for the synthesis of amines.
Nils research involves the development of novel radical reactions using photochemistry.
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William Whitehurst
wgw22[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, Imperial College London, 2016
Advisor: Dr Chris Cordier
Keishi Kohara
kk605[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2015
Advisor: Prof. Martin Smith
Nils Flodén
njf41[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, Imperial College London, 2016
Advisor: Prof. Alan Spivey
Sanesh works on the development of novel synthetic methodology using photochemistry.
Connie's research focuses on palladium catalyzed C-H activation.
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Sanesh Mistry
sm2210[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, Imperial College London, 2016
Advisor: Prof. Simon Blakeley (Emory)
Cornelia Büttner
csb72[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Edinburgh, 2016
Advisor: Dr Andy Lawrence
Third Year PhD Students:
Antonio is funded by an EPSRC CASE studentship with GSK and works on high throughput chemistry.
Patrick works on the development of novel methods for protein functionalization.
Henry works on novel methods for the synthesis of amines.
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Antonio Pedrina
aap52[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Nottingham, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Simon Woodward
Patrick Deneny
pjd60[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2016
MChem Year in Industry: Roche, Basel
J. Henry Blackwell
jhb62[at]cam.ac.uk
BSc, University College Dublin, 2017
Year in Industry: GSK, Stevenage
Sarah works closely with AstraZeneca on the development of protein photocrosslinkers.
Jesús joined the group as an MPhil student and remained for his PhD studies, working on C-H activation.
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Sarah Folliet
sf602[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, University of Geneva, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Clément Mazet
Jesús Rodrigálvarez García
jr720[at]cam.ac.uk
MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Second Year PhD Students:
Bo previously worked under Prof. Amos B. Smith III at UPenn. He works on photoredox catalysis.
Vivien works on DNA bioconjugation in collaboration with the Balasubramanian group.
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Bo Li
bl445[at]cam.ac.uk
Graduate research, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Prof. Amos B. Smith III
Vivien Lechner
vdl20[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Technische Universität München, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Thorsten Bach
First Year PhD Students:
Georgia was previously a Part III student in the group. She currently works on photoredox catalysis.
Griff is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Milo is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
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Georgia Harris
grh37[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Oliver Griffiths
omg25[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, Durham University, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Ian Baxendale
Milo Smith
mas297[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Darren Dixon
Biswarup's research focuses on the synthesis of amines using photochemistry.
Luke works on the synthesis of amines using photochemistry.
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Biswarup Roy
br403[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, IIT Bombay, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Luke Reeve
lar62[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2019
MChem Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
Part III Students:
Sam is from Robinson college and wants to do industrial chemistry. He works on C-H activation with Jesus.
Oli is from Pembroke and wants to do a PhD afterwards. He works with Henry on photochemistry.
Tim is at Queens and plans on a PhD after. He works on photochemical EDA complexes with Manuel.
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Sam McKee
Oli Millington
Tim Davidson
Katherine is at Queens college and plans to do a PhD after. She works on photoredox catalysis with Ala.
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Katherine Rolph
Support Staff:
Chung deals with operational aspects of the group and provides direct support to MJG.
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